The Story of a Birth We all know the Story; we’ve heard it over and over again. this is the beginning of the Christmas story and it has all the earmarks of a great story. You hear it this time of year in sermons, songs and read about it on Christmas cards. Of course, it’s…
Truth from an Unlikely Place
You find truth in some of the strangest places. I was reading an article online awhile ago, Unitarian minister Marilyn Sewell was interviewing atheist Christopher Hitchens. Hitchens who passed away in 2011 was the epitome of “all dressed up and no place to go”, he was also the author of “God is not Great: How Religion…
Story of a Journey
We all know the Story; we’ve heard it over and over again. If you close your eyes you can almost picture them, Mary, Great with Child, on a donkey. Wow while that may be an accurate description I’m not sure that any woman ever, would appreciate being described that way. Ranks right up there with,…
Back to the Future
It has been over thirty years since Doc Brown warned Marty McFly about the dangers of messing with the space-time continuum, and yet apparently, a group of physicists want to give it a try. Two professors from Griffith University in Australia and one from the University of California have decided that maybe time travel isn’t…
Story of Royalty
The Story of Royalty We all know the Story; we’ve heard it over and over again. If you close your eyes you can almost picture them. Riding their camels across the desert at night, the moon highlighting their royal robes and crowns against the stark desert sand. It is a very familiar part of the…
For God so loved. . .
He was hated and loved, feared and respected. With the passing of Fidel Castro this week we have seen folks mourning his passing and celebrating his death. It is interesting how polarized people seem to be in their opinions of the late dictator. The reality is that Castro was neither the demon nor the saint that…
The Land of Leeks and Garlic
If I was asked to compile a list of countries that I would like to visit, Egypt probably wouldn’t be on that list. But then again I’m pretty sure that ten years ago Ghana, Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso wouldn’t have been on the list either.I have just confirmed that I will be visiting Egypt…
A Little Good News
“Woman reportedly raped in Dubai jailed for extramarital sex.” “Chief defends record after 11th killing.” “Accused pedophile dragged from jail and lynched.” As I read the various headlines this morning, I thought back to an Anne Murray song from the Eighties. Maybe you remember it as well, it was entitled: A Little Good News. And…
#abbafather
#abbafather Have you ever heard someone pray using the phrase “Mother/Father God”? It happens, every once in a while, I’ll be in a situation where a mainline pastor is praying and they will use the phrase because they feel it will be less offensive than “Father God” or sometimes I think they are either trying…
And it’s Over. . .
--> So, was your prediction about the US election close? For the record I predicted Hillary to win, Trump to eventually end up in jail and at least one election related death. Guess I was wrong. So what happens now? Well, here’s the news. Christ is still on the throne, and He would have been…